Californian mixed-conifer forests under unmanaged fire regimes in the Sierra San Pedro Martir, Baja California, Mexico

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-129

  Minnich, Richard A ^a   Barbour, Michael G ^b   Burk, Jack H ^c   Sosa Ramírez, Joaquin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE AGUASCALIENTES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Abies concolor; Aerial photo fire mapping; Fire scar dendrochronology; Forest stand dynamics; Mixed conifer forest; Pinus jeffreyi; Pinus lambertiana; Surface fire model

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033880608     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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